Homebrew PCBs

Stefan Trethan wrote:
>>I have a 1200 DPI older laser in the attic too, got it for $5 at the 
>>local
>
> 
> You see, one can never keep enough stuff....
> I dunno why some other people always need to say "get that ugly stuff out 
> of here"
> or "other people throw it out and you drag it home - typical".
> Only because it is a little bit defective it isn't useless, is it?
> 

   Lol of course not, but there is a point of diminishing returns.  I probably 
have 30 printer mechanics on hand, and since I have bought stepper motors in 
bulk I'll probably never even use their motors.  Still keep them for use of the 
rails later though, although I tend to use other things anyway now.  And a few 
of them are the epsons with the encoder disc for the motors, so may eventually 
put some of those to use.  Could probably throw away 2/3rds of them though and 
never even know they're gone.
   And would likely be better off to still just sell the drum from the 1200 DPI 
and buy two LJ 6L's or similar anyway.  The 600 DPI approaches the limit of what 
you can do much of by hand.  1200 may be a little sharper etc, but a bit of 
overkill for just homemade PCBs.

Alan